Saturday, March 16, 2013

"Under New Management"

So, yet again, The Apartment is open for business... and given the surprises already upon us, away we go.Well, hopefully – as ever, folks, the road ahead isn't so much this scribe's call, but yours.

As this beat goes, only now does the "fun part" begin... when it comes to covering it, though, only to the degree that this readership does your part of the work is it possible for this scribe to do mine.

That said, a wide word of thanks for making these pages part of your experience of these epic days. To put it mildly, whatta week and whatta month... but most of all, whatta grace to have been able to share this moment with friends – both you vets who've always made this ride the joy it is, and now, the new arrivals who've joined in for all this.

As it goes, I'm feeling pretty exhausted – and probably looking just as electrocuted – by this point. To have made it through the last 33 days in something approaching one piece is almost a miracle in itself... but, hey, what's life if you haven't got something to go all-out for?

About Me

One of global Catholicism's most prominent chroniclers, Rocco Palmo has held court as the "Church Whisperer" since 2004, when the pages you're reading were launched with an audience of three, grown since by nothing but word of mouth, and kept alive throughout solely by means of reader support.

A former US correspondent for the London-based international Catholic weekly The Tablet, he's been a church analyst for The New York Times, Associated Press, Washington Post, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, BBC, NBC, CNN and NPR among other mainstream print and broadcast outlets worldwide.

A native of Philadelphia, Rocco Palmo attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. In 2010, he received a Doctorate of Humane Letters honoris causa from Aquinas Institute of Theology in St Louis.

In 2011, Palmo co-chaired the first Vatican conference on social media, convened by the Pontifical Councils for Culture and Social Communications. By appointment of Archbishop Charles Chaput OFM Cap., he's likewise served on the first-ever Pastoral Council of the Archdiocese, whose Church remains his home.